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Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (Catalan pronunciation: [alˈβeɾto eβaˈɾisto dʒinasˈteɾa]; April 11, 1916  June 25, 1983) was an Argentinian composer of classical music. He is considered to be one of the most important 20th-century classical composers of the Americas.[1]

Alberto Ginastera
Born
Alberto Evaristo Ginastera

(1916-04-11)April 11, 1916
DiedJune 25, 1983(1983-06-25) (aged 67)
Era20th Century
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Biography


Julián Aguirre Conservatory of Music, founded by Ginastera in 1951
Julián Aguirre Conservatory of Music, founded by Ginastera in 1951

Ginastera was born in Buenos Aires to a Spanish father and an Italian mother. During his later years, he preferred to use the Catalan and Italian pronunciation of his surname – IPA: [dʒinasˈteɾa], with an initial soft 'G' like that of English 'George' – rather than with a Spanish 'J' sound (IPA: [xinasˈteɾa]).[2]

Ginastera studied at the Williams Conservatory in Buenos Aires, graduating in 1938. As a young professor, he taught at the Liceo Militar General San Martín. After a visit to the United States in 1945–47, where he studied with Aaron Copland at Tanglewood, he returned to Buenos Aires. He held a number of teaching posts. Among his notable students were Ástor Piazzolla (who studied with him in 1941), Alcides Lanza, Jorge Antunes, Waldo de los Ríos, Jacqueline Nova and Rafael Aponte-Ledée. See: List of music students by teacher: G to J#Alberto Ginastera.

In 1968 Ginastera moved back to the United States, and in 1970 to Europe. He died in Geneva, Switzerland, at the age of 67 and was buried in the Cimetière des Rois there.


Music


Ginastera grouped his music into three periods: "Objective Nationalism" (1934–1948), "Subjective Nationalism" (1948–1958), and "Neo-Expressionism" (1958–1983). Among other distinguishing features, these periods vary in their use of traditional Argentine musical elements. His Objective Nationalistic works often integrate Argentine folk themes in a straightforward fashion, while works in the later periods incorporate traditional elements in increasingly abstracted forms.

Many of Ginastera's works were inspired by the Gauchesco tradition. This tradition holds that the gaucho, or landless native horseman of the plains, is a symbol of Argentina.[3]

His Cantata para América Mágica (1960), for dramatic soprano and 53 percussion instruments, was based on ancient pre-Columbian legends. Its U.S. West Coast premiere was performed by the Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble under Henri Temianka and William Kraft at UCLA in 1963.


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Works withdrawn by the composer (without opus number)



Incidental/film music



Discography



References


  1. Deborah Schwartz-Kates, "Ginastera, Alberto (Evaristo)", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001); Evett, Robert. 1966. "The South American Way", New Republic 154, no. 12 (19 March): 35; Anon. "Obituary: Alberto Ginastera". The Musical Times 124, no. 1687, Music of the French Baroque (September 1983): 568; Aurelio de la Vega, "Trends of Present-Day Latin-American Music", Journal of Inter-American Studies 1, no. 1 (January 1959): 97–102, citation on p. 10; Norman Lebrecht, Companion to Twentieth-century Music (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1992): 134. Reprint New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306807343; Levin Houston, "Kennedy Center Sees Beatrix Cenci", The Free Lance-Star [Fredericksburg, Virginia] 87, no. 215 (13 September 1971); Suzanne Spicer Tiemstra, The Choral Music of Latin America: A Guide to Compositions and Research, Contributions in Afro-American & African Studies 36 (New York: Greenwood Press, 1992): 2. ISBN 9780313282089.
  2. Schwartz-Kates, Deborah (May 3, 2011). Alberto Ginastera: A Research and Information Guide. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781136981166 via Google Books.
  3. Schwartz-Kates, Deborah (January 1, 2002). "Alberto Ginastera, Argentine Cultural Construction, and the Gauchesco Tradition". The Musical Quarterly. 86 (2): 248–281. doi:10.1093/musqtl/gdg009.
  4. The Tenth Anniversary of the International Contemporary Organ Music Festival (PDF) (Music Festival Program Notes). International Contemporary Organ Music Festival. July 25, 1980.
  5. "Details". Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
  6. "Gisele Ben-Dor - Conductor". www.giseleben-dor.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2012-09-23.

Further reading



На других языках


[de] Alberto Ginastera

Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (* 11. April 1916 in Buenos Aires; † 25. Juni 1983 in Genf) war ein argentinischer Komponist.
- [en] Alberto Ginastera

[es] Alberto Ginastera

Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (Buenos Aires, 11 de abril de 1916 - Ginebra, 25 de junio de 1983) fue un compositor argentino de música académica contemporánea, considerado como uno de los más importantes del siglo XX en América. Discípulo destacado de Aaron Copland, su estilo discurrió en torno al dodecafonismo, el serialismo, el microtonalismo y la música aleatoria con un amplio uso de motivos propios del acervo folclórico argentino. Compuso óperas, ballets, piezas orquestales, obras corales, conciertos para solistas, sonatas y música para películas.

[ru] Хинастера, Альберто

Альбе́рто Эвари́сто Хинасте́ра (исп. Alberto Evaristo Ginastera; 11 апреля 1916, Буэнос-Айрес — 25 июня 1983, Женева) — аргентинский композитор.



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